With the international break affording us time to reflect on proceedings, we roll out the first in a series of three members articles. Starting with the defenders, we assess some of the standout contenders across the first three Gameweeks of the 2014/15 campaign.
Todays first attempt at a WC BIG 3 up top team. ...
.Krul
Ivano. Moreno. PVA
Siggy. Ramsey. Sterling. JWP
Costa(c). Falcao. Aguero(v)
.(Crap. King. Hutton Dummett)Looking gorgeous on FPL page!!
Nice. Very nice.
good. I have the same minus PVA. taylor (saw)
+1
ivan>cahil and jwp>zaha
Ivano or no Chels def.
They don't look stable yet. I'm basically getting Ivano for att points. He is a hog...rising...scoring...fixtures to attack...and he will be in my team when at 7.5m and Chelsea stability returnsrisky jwp for 4ºmid with the mané signing
I think Falcao is too new to invest in. Sure Utd have nice fixtures, but they've already had quite a few nice fixtures in which they've failed to impress.
Liverpool also have a nice run coming up. I'd be more inclined to invest in them until Falcao + Utd prove themselves to be worth it.Sterling enough, moreno possibly. But that it.
Sturridge is also a great option. Goals incoming.
is jwp a safe pick or will mane affect his game time?
Mane on left, JWP on right. Tadic in behind pelle.
Quick question- would you rather have Zaha or Schneiderlin in your team?
Zaha
Jwp or Zaha. Jwp above
if you had the funds for both, who would you choose?
Zaha prolly. My JWP pick is not popular. Especially as fourth mid
think saints will play now:
waynyama-shindlerlin
----------tadic----------
long-pelle-mané
Zaha
I like puncheon more+1 for all
Unlucky for those who bought de Jong
Very unlucky indeed
That would be me then, ah well was planning on swapping him out for Hendo/Chadli/GRamirez after the next GW anyway. Guess I won't be benching Siggy this week afterall. How bad is the injury?
Out for 4 months
Darn I have Giroud and DeJong in my dead team challenge thingamajig
Don't think he is dead just injured
you're dead right
I think Loic Remy has what it takes to be the next Henry: the same gait, style and arrogant brilliance.
Mourinho pulled another one out the hat.
He'll be great in the Capital One Cup
Lol yes
But the thing is Remy wont get too much game time
Ramsey or Fab???
Current WC (see above), only caters to one.
Currently Rambo but I'm inclined to leave him out and go Cesc.
Neither are essential imo.
Fab
Fab pretty close to essential imo. Consistent so far, and everyone has him anyways. Think you gotta jump on him
Well I've had both Ram and Fab since June/July but I need to know who to keep.
Fab it seems. Rambo scores Fab assists though.I've had Ram since the beginning and just got Fab for Mata so I can't choose one 🙂
Why not both? If you have Costa I think that's a good consistent way to get into the Chelsea points.See top of page Chris
Ah I see now. Awesome attack. I think Ramsey and Costa is good.
Personally I might drop Ivan for cheaper cause JWP every week seems iffy!Leicester will score and win some matches. Tempted to rotate King and JWP.
They rotate BRILLIANTLYThink you should go for it then! Even if those two don't score much the rest could be massive overall
I think you should go for ramsey for arsenal cover, they tend to do high scoring games, at least used to..
People quite rightly still in love with Ramsey because of his heroics last season.
But from what I have seen so far, I would want three Chelsea (I have Costa, Fab, Courtois AND Ramsey - but no Falcao).
So Fab over Ramsey
Courtois
Caulker, Clyne, Debuchy
Sterling, Siggy, Fabregas, Di Maria, Sanchez
Costa, Sturridge
Good to go?Wow for 3 5 2 immense!!
How in the hell is that affordable?surely it isn't
Is it?
Is it f mate
Haha I tried. I have 101.9m TV on WC He would need selling value of the same!
Daft
If there is a 2.5m def and a 2.5/6m forward then yea.
haha!
No need for Courtois?
you manage to get 103million or so built up in 3 weeks then...
No way is that affordable yet
you know you need 15 players…..?
Wow, there is some proper dross out there.
http://www.thesackrace.com/job-centreI'd give Tony Pulis a go at the England job.
Good shout, only thing is, his CV is far from International standard.
Not necessary.
Hodgson has tons on his CV and he is garbage. Ability to lead and inspire a group of individuals is what's need. Hodgson can't do that either.You have to have a good CV to get the England job. Hodgson CV isn't bad tbh. Managed Switzerland, Inter, took Fulham to the Europa League final and did well at West Brom.
That's what I'm saying. He has the CV but he's crap. CV's mean feek all if you're an uninspiring owlman
We're you happy with him at Liverpool?Ah ok. Yeah I know he's appalling. No he was shocking at Liverpool.
A bog standard 4-4-2 and long ball is more effective than anything we've played in the last 10 years.
Lol, I hope your being sarcy! We need a manager who keeps his back 4 solid, plays high pressing, counter attacking football.
Afraid so. But at least he'd get the defence sorted and the crowd going (well the ones from Stoke & Palace anyway).
And have no fear of dropping Rooney rather than being his lackey.....
#pulisini.e. total football
Would be better than what it is now
I.e total shite
Ashley cole to Chelsea ?
Yeah not sure it's that accurate, but more for the list of shambles that is out there.
Name any English manager with European or International credability over the last 20 years?
Sensible answers please.Can't
Geez, just had alook. Is a very sorry lot.
Capello's win percentage is 6% higher than next best.
Capello, Robson, Vennables
Capello - English?
I meant any Englishman.Ah fair enough.
You got me on the 20 years bit with the other 2, call it 15.
A) Adebayor + Di Maria/Ramsey
B) Aguero + Zahaa short term
Neither (short term) ,,,,,,,,, I'd prefer Sturridge over all of these for the next 2 months (even if u already have Sterling) .... can u do Sturridge/Tadic
Already have Marioooooo
the CL kicks off now so I don't fancy spending 12m on Aguero .... so it would be Falco or diMaria for me
Welbeck + Di maria looks more good than ade
Any thoughts on Moses as a 5th mid to capitalise on the good Stoke fixtures? Or will he just accumulate 3 pointers?
He played really well against city
Was he on corners against City? He could have a purple patch if Stoke can get a few goals during this good run of fixtures
He will get some assists i guess
I dint notice abt corners n free kicks
Right, off I pop. Take it handy gents.
http://youtu.be/TWZKw_MgUPI
Catch yaTake care
Bego
Ivan - Wisdom - Dummett - Duff - Moore
Haz - Ramsey - Sterling - Siggy - Marney
Costa - Rooney - Dzeko
or shall I WC and have:
Bego
Ivan - Clyne - Hutton - Wisdom - 4.6
Di Maria - Ramsey - Sterling - Siggy - Marney
Costa - Falcao - WelbeckSimplified:
a) Dummett, Duff, Moore, Haz, Rooney and Dzeko
b) Clyne, Hutton, 4.6 def, Di Maria, Falcao and WelbeckWC. That defence is horrid
I never saw a defense so cheap... Wouldn't WC, but do you have FT's left?
Nope, used it to shift Mata
Well I guess your defense is fine for next week (Ivan, Moore, Dummett/Wisdom I suppose) but I'd sort that out soon. Offense is fine imo, I'm holding both Rooney and Dzeko as well
I was happy with Rooney but if he gets dropped into mid I feel he'll be less of a goal threat and Dzeko is horrible own. Never know if he's gonna play.
My thoughts on these two: Holding Rooney will at least yield some assist points if Falcao does play, plus he is still on set pieces/penalties for now, so hold to see at least QPR at home.
As for Dzeko, rotation is always a risk but the way Jovetic/Aguero combined last week was dreadful. That and Negredo's exit convinces me to hold Dzeko for at least a bit more (it is a risk though
You don't need to WC that team. Adopt the pace of nature....her secret is patience..... But then she didn't play fantasy football!
I fear Rooney OOP, Dzeko not nailed, Haz injured and inconsistent + I have Costa and Ivan for Chelsea cover and the less said about Dummett, Duff and Moore the better.
Krul / Elliot
Dier / Bertrand / Duff / Moore / Dummett
Ramsey / Sterling / Siggy / Haz / Albrighton
Rooney / Ade / Aguero
Any advice on what to do with my team would be much appreciated. Only have 1 FT but don't mind taking a 4 point hit if needs be. Or just stick for one more week and do something with 2 FT next week?
Looks almost like my wildcard team tbh lol
So good shape!Rooney to Costa imo
I wish I did that the end of last GW before Costa went up in price - I'm 0.1 short 🙁
🙂
I kind of wish I had chosen Fab over Haz, ditched Rooney for Costa and maybe got a Stoke and Swansea defender in as they have some good fixtures coming up.
looks good. save it
Assuming de Jong is injured:
A) de Jong>Henderson (-4) -->1.4M ITB
B) Play Moore - Stoke (A)
C) de Jong>Fabregas and Rooney>Adebayor (-8)What is de jongs price ?
7.0M
Got 0.3M ITB.2 short of Tadic
Option B
b
Wanting to get rid of a few dead wood in my team..
thoughts on
Caulker - Pieters
Jovetic - Naismith
Marney - Tadic
creates a little dilemma on who I'd bench out of my mid/attackers though?sell maybe just jovetic
-4 or -8 ??
Marney to Tadic-8, 8.5k overall atm and healthy leads in my mini leagues is tempting me.. mm tadic only 2.4% also could pay off
Nice
Then take a hit
Do marney to Tadic and jovetic to Naismith
Lots of great players this season to choose ,should be a great season.
Sakho got MOTM against Spain. Can see Moreno Sakho Lovren Manquillo being a much better defence this year. And with Valdes coming in Mignolet will step his game up too.
Reckon Valdes will take his place?
The defence is still a crap
And Valdes ? I mean dont u remember his last 2 seasonsI thought he really stepped up the last 2 seasons. Never really rated him before then but he really impressed me before leaving Barca. Made a few blinding saves in big games when one on one!
My cousin is a fan of barcelona
And he always used to say Valdes is the weekest link in our team 😉I always watch La Liga and I totally agreed but he really surprised me with some big performances, especially last season.
Like you said he is good against big teams
And this is what liverpool needs right now.
Personally i like mignolet more even when he was at sunderlandYeah I agree with Mignolet being better at Sunderland. Seems a bit lost at times and obviously his back 4 doesn't do him any favours lol
Lol exactly
Reina Mk.II, great distribution, poor actual goalkeeping, I heard someone say Brendo is a big fan of anyone that's played for the big two in Spain, i.e. so long as their reputation precedes them.
I'd be concerned over his wages as well, he seems a stupid decision to have made from Liverpool.
Might be the sweeper keeper Rodger's wanted. I expect Mignolet to start until he has a huge dip in form. Valdes will play cup games for sure.
Seems to be different player with France
Their best back 4 surely
I think they ae going to put a string of clean sheets together, better defence and great fixtures.
I decided to take Mignolet for my WC team because I;m not sure what Rodgers will do with team selections when the CL kicks off.Take lovren
Goal threat and nailed on
Ask ho could be 5.3 by time next gw comes round. Could be great shout if we knew he'd keep his place but reckon skirtel could be back in.
Any obvious risers/fallers tonight?
Mata is getting close.....
Begovic (Gilks)
Debuchy - Dier - Clyne (PVA - Kelly)
Ramsey - Sterling - Eriksen - Siggy (Marney)
Rooney - Costa - Jovetic
1FT, 1.3 in bank
Save free? Or deal with one of Roo/Jov/Erik/Debuchy?
Debuchy -> Moreno
Lots to gain by saving a FT and having two the following week:
- check injuries from the internationals
- see line ups with all the new players signed in the transfer window
- see how CHE/LIV/ARSE/MANC rotate between PL and UCL teams and where they place priority
Hi lads, what team would you play after using Wcard?
Thoughts please.
/the current/ team A:
Kurl
Taylor/Clyne/Ivanovch/
Fabregas/Schneiderlin/Sigurdsson/Ramsey/
Aguero/Costa/Balotelli/
Bench:Given King/Wisdom/Hutton/
Team B:
Kurl
Clyne/Moreno/Hutton/
Fabregas/Sterling/Sigurdsson/Ramsey/Di Maria/
Rooney/Costa/
Bench: Given Naismith/Wisdom/Moore/
Thank you.nearly the same team as me lol
Witch one A or B?
hutton will be destroyed for the next few weeks i reckon
a looks better to me - schneiderlin
hows this wc team looking...?
krul
pva \ caulker \ duff (hutton / wasilewski i know lol )
siggy - di maria - fabregas - sterling (boyd)
costa - balotelli - aguero
Apologies in advance for the odd question.
Adebayor is in my FPL team and I have some money on him being top goalscorer.
I missed the Liverpool game, I heard he was poor, was he really that bad?
Any chance of him being dropped, threat by Kane/Soldado. And is he on penalties.
Or just general thoughts on him! Thanks
No chance he will be top scorer. He might not even be Spurs top scorer.
who u think will beat him
In the Spurs team? I think he will top score for them, but I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't.
He wasn't great, but he was better than a lot of the other Spurs players. Won't get dropped imo.
Even if he's not drop you're not going to win that bet.
Thought Spurs might sign another striker. But they didn't, so Ade not looking too bad (although he looked pants against Liverpool but then the whole team did)
Quick look on oddschecker will show there are 15 players with shorter odds to be top prem goalscorer
...thought he was one Spurs player who actually played pretty well against pool though
who is better moreno or manquillo ? and why ? 🙂
Moreno looks a better footballer, if that answers your question.
Moreno. Proven goal threat at Sevilla and looks to be carrying that to Liverpool. Manquillo is better at blocking crosses and a better stand tackler.
Proven? 3 goals in 61 appearances.
Keyword: "threat"
gets up in the attack a lot unlike ManquilloAh, I'll let you off then 😉
This. In three seasons - three goals
And manquillo is card magnet aswell
Right ?
Tnx...so I pick Moreno
Despite their amazing attack Utd have only scored 2 goals this season so far. I expect Falcao will start with Utd playing at home.
Guessing Rooney will play CAM behind Falcao and RvP. Poor Mata will get dropped.Still seem to lack pace though.
one from rooney/mata/rvp should be droped
I hope its RVP
He is not in formPah! Mata and Rooney are!!?
They have 1 goal each 😉 😉
In the interest of planning ahead.... Will Hazard drop by GW4?
don't think so, flag will be removed
4000 transfers out today
I have a question to those playing 3-5-2. For your last striking option do you go bottom of the barrel and go all the way down to 5m and lower forward just to accommodate other positions or do you have goal scoring cheap option that hops off the bench if your in trouble?
Would advise Naismith.
My side is...
Krul Elliiot
Moreno Wilson Coloccini Duff Taylor
ADM Lamela Ramsey Siggurdsson Sterling
Costa Sturridge Jut***wicz
I was thinking of Naimsith and even more Ulloa but I would have to find that .5
cole , vaz te , junkowitz .. someone who plays everygane so at least get points if ever come off bench but cheap!
Aguero + Naismith
or
Falcao + WelbeckA is safer than B IMO but we should have a better idea of B in a few weeks time.
.... aguero = class .. naismith - ok option for now
falcao - untested (but class!) .. welbeck = heskey...
prob a?
A
First one
Any of y'all playing Fanager?
Utd's best XI this year. 41212:
Falcao van Persie
Rooney
Herrera Di Maria
Blind
Shaw Rojo Jones Rafael
DDG
Look weak at the back still.No width
The whole thing is an abomination.
Man U become what Barca/Real Madrid used to be (and still are) - sign only superstar forwards so El Presidente can please the fans and get re-elected, and ignore the duller areas of the team i.e. defenceSevere lack of pace, bar Di Máría that midfield is about as fast a cohesive unit as a steamroller.
Bench one
Chester Siggy TerryChester
Chester
Siggy
Have Chester first sub, cheers guys. I just can't bench in form Siggy
If you could choose any 3 defenders this week, who would you pick?
Ivan shawcross clyne/jones
Moreno/Baines also options.
Yess the Sess I've been lurking around here looking for a certain individual can you possibly take over from me as I'm off to sleep. Check your mail if your unsure.
Ivanovic, Clyne, Jones
Ivan - Coleman - Lovren
